Where the Good Berries Were Traditional Cache
Where the Good Berries Were
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Sixth in the Bulwer-Lytton series, although it could be first on the alternate approach. Congratulating David S. Nelson, of Falls Church, VA, noted for his Dishonorable Mention in the 2011 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, for the following entry:
Urgh the howler monkey was sort of the leader of his troop, though not old enough to be a silverback and not having fathered more than a couple of sons, but he did know where the good berries were and how to avoid the leopards, anacondas, and especially the hairless apes, the ones who crashed through the forest only to stand behind a tree and breathe noisily, and watch them and sometimes leave bunches of those disgusting bananas. —
Now that could describe any number of my caching excursions. Since 1982 the English Department at San Jose State University has sponsored the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a whimsical literary competition that challenges entrants to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels, as in "It was a dark and stormy night."
This one is a short diversion off the Mt. Lukens Road, or, if you're coming up the alternate approach from La Cañada, it might be the first one you encounter. Bee Flat is private property, but a public easement allows trail access from the Lukens road. Cache is 4"x9" cylindrical biscuit tin just a few feet off the trail. Area is popular with others, so please try to be unobtrusive. Adventure Pass is required for National Forest recreation. Standard cautions apply: poison-oak is plentiful; water is not; snakes, ticks and scratchy bits are quite likely. Occasional shade does not offer much protection from the sun. Please prepare adequately.
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